Strainer

Impasto strainer vase; handmade; unusual utensil. Intact. Flat bottom, broad, pierced with many small hole like a strainer. Body broadest near bottom, at level of lower handle attachment; very steep profile constricting to a very small opening at top. Vertical ring handle.See MS701, similar in function, with strainer bottom and small upper aperture. Both could serve either to transfer liquid from one container to another without disturbing sediment or to draw out liquid and sprinkle it. Pot is immersed in water and filled. Thumb then placed over aperture. The pot is then removed from the liquid, full. The pot remains full of liquid until the thumb is removed, either to transfer the liquid to another vessel or to sprinkle something.